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    Dell Inspiron 1545 vs.Vostro A860

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by Rowan, Oct 13, 2009.

  1. Rowan

    Rowan Notebook Consultant

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    Can anyone comment on the difference in build quality between a Dell Inspiron 1545 and a Vostro A860?
     
    Rowan, Oct 13, 2009
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  2. DRFP

    DRFP Notebook Evangelist

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    the vostro A860 has a crappy video card, the intel 3100
    the Inspiron has the better 4500MHD card



    But in the outlet you can get more for your money:



    this is even better for 10 more

    I love the outlet deals and we have bought 3 computers so far the past couple months.
     
    DRFP, Oct 13, 2009
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  3. Rowan

    Rowan Notebook Consultant

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    I was planning on purchasing from the Outlet but had an offer from someone to sell me their Vostro A860 that's a few days old for $300.
     
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  4. DRFP

    DRFP Notebook Evangelist

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    OK but that video card is lucky to get a 2.0 for windows 7 score, the 4500MHD will get a 3.7 ( I have one now)

    also the intel 3100 card is really bad at games, I mean really bad............ are you sure its not worth the money to get something a little better?

    The Vostro is worth 300 sure but I showed you two I could find quick and one processor is a core duo ( no real performance difference between the A860 core 2 duo and the core duo 2000 chip), the celeron duo is actually the only celeron chip I recommend at all (I hate celerons!)
     
    DRFP, Oct 14, 2009
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  5. Rowan

    Rowan Notebook Consultant

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    I should have made it more clear in my previous post that what you posted before confirmed my gut feeling not to go for the Vostro. I don't like where the HD is located on the Vostro anyway.
     
    Rowan, Oct 14, 2009
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    Hey its cool I have made mistakes in the past settling for less when I should not have.

    Just wanted to push you to consider the options ;)
     
    DRFP, Oct 14, 2009
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    Rowan Notebook Consultant

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    These were the specs of the Vostro A860 that I was offered for $300.

    Intel ®Core™2 Duo T5870 (2.06GHz,2MB L2 Cache,800MHz FSB)
    2GB,DDR2,800MHZ
    250GB3 SATA Hard Drive (5400RPM)
    Intel Graphics Media Accelerator X3100 Blue
    8X DVD+/-RW
    Wireless Networking 802.11b/g
    Genuine Windows Vista® Home Basic, Service Pack 1, English
     
    Rowan, Oct 15, 2009
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  8. Ed. Yang

    Ed. Yang Notebook Deity

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    I was wondering why did you set your eyes on Vostro A860 when there is a replacement model that's competitive to Inspiron 15/1545 which has slightly better internal hardware. The Intel 4500mhd to point out...

    Comparing both A860 and 1015, you could see some obvious improvement.

    I believe that 1015 is 95% cosmetically identical to Inspiron 15/1545.
     
    Ed. Yang, Oct 15, 2009
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